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Babel

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi, Kôji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Elle Fanning

(Paramount Vantage, 2006) Rated: R

US DVD release date: 20 February 2007 (Paramount)
UK DVD release date: 7 May 2007

[23 February 2007]

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

With a movie that encompasses international relations, broken families, personal epiphanies, romantic longings, painful secrets, and our constant aching need for human connection, Iñárritu might have bitten off more than he could chew.

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